Union and liberty : the political philosophy of John C. Calhoun by John C Calhoun(
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)13
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between
1992
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2014
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English
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971 WorldCat member
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"A Liberty Classics edition"--T.p. verso.Selected speeches: p. [401]-601. Includes bibliographical references and index

The works of John C. Calhoun by John C Calhoun(
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)29
editions published
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1851
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1970
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946 WorldCat member
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The essential Calhoun : selections from writings, speeches, and letters by John C Calhoun(
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1991
and
2017
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English
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361 WorldCat member
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"John C. Calhoun was a major actor in the political history of nineteenth-century America. His dramatic career will always
be of interest. However, Calhoun is equally important as a political thinker who continues to elicit widespread interest from
the most diverse points of the ideological spectrum. The Essential Calhoun is designed to present a full-fledged selection
of speeches and writings taken from the entire forty-year span of his public career and from many varieties of occasions,
public and private. For the first time, it is possible to appreciate Calhoun fully and to seriously examine his thought within
the compass of a single volume." "Calhoun is known to posterity as the premier defender of the Old South and slavery and as
the theorist of the concurrent majority. His contemporaries knew him as much else, including a political economist and foreign
policy authority. As the range of writings shows, he was a valuable and often prophetic commentator who remains as timely
as the Budget Crisis of 1990 and the Gulf War." "Calhoun's thought testifies to a deep and abiding concern with moral and
ethical issues that confront a government resting on the consent of the people. The fundamental question with which he wrestles
in all his works is how to achieve and maintain a proper balance between power and liberty in a democratic society. By providing
the most representative compendium of his thought, The Essential Calhoun invites the reader to engage in this exercise of
applying the moral imagination realistically to the public business in America. Historians, American studies specialists,
economists, and political scientists will find this volume indispensable."--Jacket